Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a sailing vessel with two masts;
the mizzen is forward of the rudderpost;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ketch \Ketch\ (k[e^]ch), n. [Prob. corrupted fr. Turk.
q[=a][imac]q : cf. F. caiche. Cf. Ca["i]que.] (Naut.)
1. An almost obsolete form of sailing vessel, with a mainmast
and a mizzenmast, -- usually from one hundred to two
hundred and fifty tons burden.
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2. (Naut.) In modern usage, a sailing vessel having two
masts, with the main mast taller than the aftermost, or
mizzen, mast.
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Bomb ketch. See under Bomb.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ketch \Ketch\, n.
A hangman. See Jack Ketch.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ketch \Ketch\, v. t. [See Catch.]
To catch. [Now obs. in spelling, and colloq. in
pronunciation.]
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To ketch him at a vantage in his snares. --Spenser.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
ketch
n 1: a sailing vessel with two masts; the mizzen is forward of
the rudderpost